Mop holder



E. J. ZITZMAN.

. M0 HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED AUG-15. I92!- Patemhed 00 RM 8 M m M J w. 9 mm m 1 VI 0 W2 n 4 M A WITNESSES I llatented on. ea, was.

ill W l hi it EDWARD JOSEPH ZITZIVEAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lldOP HOLDER.

To all whom may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. ZITZMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough 0:1 Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mop .Holder, of which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to mop heads and has for an object to provide an improved construction wherein the mop body may be easily removed or applied.

Another object 01'' the invention is to provide a mop head in which a sliding or pivoted clamping arm is used for holding the mop body to the head.

A still further object, more specifically, is

to provide a mop head wherein a swinging and sliding clamping rod is used together with guiding members for guiding the clamping bar as it is moved.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side view of a mop head disclosing one embodiment of the invention, certain parts being shown in section for better illustrating the construction.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through Figure 1 approximately on line 2-2.

Figure 3 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through Figure 1 on line 33.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the guiding socket shown in Figure Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view sh owing a slight modified arrangement 01 clamping bar.

.itet'erring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a handle of any desired kind which is arranged so that the mid will project into the socket 2 of a mop holding fixture 3 which. fixture is preferably formed from a piece of sheet metal bent upon itself to form two layers as shown in Figure 2 and also to form sockets 4 and 5 at the respective ends. These sockets taper from the top to the bottom and guide the rods 6 and 7 as well as retaining the eyes 8 and 9 formed on the end of the rods. The rods 6 and 7 are bent so as to provide pivotal or journal members 10 and 11 extending into a locking clip 12 of a well known construction, said clip being pivoted on suitable pivotal members 13 carried by the sliding ring 141. This ring is pressed by a spring 15 so as to stay either in a locked position as shown in Figure 2 or in an unlocked position with the ring 14: against the shoulder The air 'angement of spring 15, ring 14 and member 12 is an old arrangement and does not form any part of the present invention except asit co-acts to operate the rods 6 and 7 and the clamping bar 17 [is shown in .lfiigure .l, the clamping bar 17 is provided with an elongated loop 18 at one end which loop has a depression 19 in which the eye 8 fits when the parts are in their locked or operative position. The opposite end. of the bar 17 is provided with a rounded or slightly hook-shaped section 20 fitting into the eye 9. When the parts are in their locked position as shown in Figure 1, the mop 21 is pressed into the groove 22 formed by flaring the two sections of the fitting 3 as indicated in Figure 4.

When it is desired to remove the mop 21, the locking clip 12 is raised and, consequently, the rods 6 and 7 are caused to move longitudinally and assume the dotted position shown in Figure l. The bar 17 may then be slid longitudinally and then swung ofi? to one side after which the mop 21 may be easily slid oil the rod and a new one substituted or the same mop placed again on the rod. When a new mop or the same mop has been again placed on the clamping rod 17, it is moved over to the dotted position shown in Figure 1 andthen slid longitudinally until the section 20 is inter locked with the eye 9. The member 12 is then moved down to its locked position as shown in Figure 2 and the mop and clamp; ing bar 17 are drawn to their locked or clamped position. The entire mop structure is then ready :for use.

111 Figure 5, a slight modified arrangement of bar 17 is provided. In. this iiorm of the invention, the bar is provided with a round eye 23 and the eye 9 of rod 7 is formed with an opening 24 whereby it acts merely as a hook so that after the spring 15 has been released and the parts moved to the dotted position shown in Figure 1, the clamping bar 17 may be moved downwardly and unhooked from the eye 9. In this way, the same results are secured, namely, the clamping bar is released to swing to one side for the easy removal and replacing of the mop.

Vl hat I claim is:-

il. in a mop head or the character described, a pair of reciprocating rods, said rods lu-iving eyes on the ends, and a clamping bar co-acting with said eyes, one end of said. clanunng bar being tormed with a hook-shaped section fitting into one 01 the eyes and with an elongated eye fitting into one of the eyes on one of said rods whereby the bar may be moved longitudinally without disconnection from one of said eyes.

2. In a mop head of the character described, a fixture or body formed with a 10ngitudinal groove and with a socket in each end, said sockets tapering from one edge of the body to the other and presenting passage-ways, a rod extending through each of said. paSsage-ways,'each of said rods being formed with eyes means for moving said eyes into and out of said passageways, and a clamping bar for clamping a mop in said groove, said clamping bar being pivotally and slidingly connected with one of said eyes and slidingly connected with the opposite eye.

3. In a mop of the character described, a fixture or body formed with a socket in each end, said sockets presenting passage-ways, 

